Bilateral EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI)

The Bilateral EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment was finalised on 30 December 2020 and is the EU’s first-ever stand-alone bilateral investment treaty.

A panel of distinguished speakers assess the agreement and engage also with criticisms that it does not go far enough on trade-related social issues.

Moderator: 

Jane Drake-Brockman, Industry Professor, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide & Board Director, Australian Services Roundtable 

Keynote Speaker:

Maria Martin-Prat, Director, DG Trade Asia, Services & Digital Trade, Investment & Intellectual Property - EU Chief Negotiator for EU-China CAI, European Commission, Brussels 

Panelists: 

Bryan Mercurio, Simon F.S. Li Professor of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 
Dr Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum, Brussels 

Event co-hosted by 

Institute for International Trade, The University of Adelaide 
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 
European Services Forum